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What Your BART Station Says About You (OAKLAND EDITION)
The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different. But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART. The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and insanity is a rite of passage for anyone who has lived in the 9 counties that hug the shoreline of San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco Could Run Out Of ICU Beds On Christmas
The dreaded post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 outbreak is upon us, and it is poised to create a terrifying and untenable citation for sick San Franciscans when the next holiday is upn us. The LA Times reports that at today’s daily coronavirus press conference, SF Department of Public Health director said that if
Bike Messengers Take on DoorDash & Grubhub with a Local, Worker-Owned Delivery Service
Ordering food from the supposedly ‘necessary-evil’ delivery apps like Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash often leaves you with a bill that makes you feel like you could have bought a yacht for that much money. But you’re not the only person getting screwed over by the delivery apps — the
Trump Changes H-1B Visa Rules to Favor ‘Fashion Models’
The most bizarre sentence you will ever read on a federal government website currently sits on the US Department of Labor’s page for the H-1B visa program, a visa that is most commonly used for medical doctors and computer engineers. But under the Trump administration, the rules have been rewritten
Oakland Gets a Shake Shack!
Oakland’s very first Shake Shack opened for business Tuesday. Located on the ground floor of the brand new “workplace re-imagined” Uptown Station on Telegraph Avenue, the city’s newest burger joint is bringing the fast food game with more than just burgers. Hot and spicy crinkle cut cheese fries, anyone? How
‘Wayne’ Is the Righteous Rage We All Need Right Now
It’s no secret that pandemic life has increased our stress and diminished our emotional wellbeing. We’re broke, scared, anxious…and downright angry at times, and it’s hard under current restrictions to find an outlet to release those pent up emotions. Let’s face it, we all want to punch something or someone
California Works to Secure Millions of Vaccine Doses As COVID-19 Surge Pushes State to Brink
If all goes according to plan, a little more than 1 million California healthcare workers could soon be vaccinated against COVID-19. While the news offers much needed hope, it does not provide us a way out of the current surge. Still, things are at least moving in the right direction.
You Can’t Name 3 Shows with a Native American Woman in a Lead Role
On August 28th 2020, Fox released New Mutants with Blu Hunt, a member of the Lakota, as Danielle Moonstar to luke warm receptions and poor box office sales. Some of this can be accounted for due to COVID, but it’s largely due to extensive reshoots after the Disney/Fox merger. Whether
